Key reference text on Chinese silver trade
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Author: Forbes, H.A. Crosby
Title: Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885
Place Published: Milton, MA
Publisher:The Museum of the American China Trade
Date Published: 1975
Description:
Author: Forbes, H.A. Crosby
Title: Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885
Place Published: Milton, MA
Publisher:The Museum of the American China Trade
Date Published: 1975
Description:
xvi, 303, [1] pp. Color frontispiece, numerous black and white photographic illustrations. (4to) 28x21 cm (11x8¼"), blue cloth with spine title in silver, publisher's dust jacket.
Reference work on the Chinese silver trade from the late 18th-19th centuries. The text includes chapters on the historical background of the production of silver in China and on the identification of artifacts. The rest of the text consists of a catalog of objects by various silver makers, with a focus on enabling the reader to identify the makers and their marks, along with the location and dating of any particular piece. An invaluable reference text for scholars and antique dealers.
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